Omaha Hold'em Overview

• Omaha is poker game a lot like Texas Holdem in utilizing a three-card flop on the board, a fourth boardcard, and then a fifth boardcard.
• Instead of two, four holecards is dealt to each player at the begining.
• A player must use precisely two holecards with three boardcards in order to make a hand.
• The betting is identical as in Texas Hold'em.
• The entire four-card hand should be shown at the showdown to receive the pot.

Rules of Omaha

All the rules of Texas Hold'em apply to Omaha with the exception of the rule on playing the board, which isn't an option in Omaha (two cards from your hand and three cards from the board must be used).

Omaha High Low

• Omaha is often played high-low split, 8-or-better.
• The player may use any combination of two holecards and three boardcards for the high hand and another (or the same) combination of two holecards and three boardcards for the low hand.
• The rules governing kill pots are listed elsewhere...

Rules of Omaha High Low

1. All the rules of Omaha apply to Omaha high-low split except as below.
2. A qualifier of 8-or-better for low applies to all high-low split games, unless a posting to the contrary is displayed. If there is no qualifying hand for low, the best high hand wins the whole pot.

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